The 1980s saw the birth of many iconic video game characters. It started off with Game & Watch and Pac-Man and a year later we got Mario and Donkey Kong. In the same decade, we saw Link, Mega Man and Samus for the first time ever.

To celebrate this era, this Friday, on 13th December, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the Switch will be hosting a special three-day tournament. As you can see above, the tournament will feature the characters already mentioned and the additional ones featured in the event's promotional artwork.

When he’s not paying off a loan to Tom Nook, Liam likes to report on the latest Nintendo news and admire his library of video games. His favourite Nintendo character used to be a guitar-playing dog, but nowadays he prefers to hang out with Judd the cat.